Cayetano: Duterte studying P50 K minimum salary for police officers

DAVAO CITY — Senator Alan Peter Cayetano said the incoming Duterte administration is already studying a proposal to increase the salaries of police up to a minimum of P50,000 a month for a Police Officer 1 (PO1). Speaking at a gathering of alumni from the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) at Abreeza Mall yesterday afternoon, Cayetano said that he submitted the proposal to President-elect Rodrigo R. Duterte. Photo courtesy of politics.com.ph   A copy of this proposal, which contained three initial options on how to increase the salaries of PNP uniformed personnel, was also given to Chief Superintendent Ronald Dela Rosa, Duterte’s choice for PNP Chief. The increase in salaries would require funding of about P70 billion, with P50 billion going to the increase in salaries and the remaining P20 billion to go to the retirement fund for the first year of the Duterte administration. “For an additional P50 billion, [...]